Water continues to rise in N.O.

[logybogy]

Jeanne Meserve says 6 inches now downtown that weren't there this afternoon. More in outlying areas.

It could be water is flowing into the "bowl" from that big breach.

[CronkPSU]

her report was one of the most heart wrenching i have ever heard, she was hardly able to speak

[PTrackerLA]

My god, I hope this isn't true .

[jpigott]

maybe someone with more knowledge about this stuff can comment, but if this is true could this be an early indication of a more severe levee failure. i hope the army corps of engineers/FEMA is on there Ps and Qs or this really could turn out to be a catastrophic event

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

If there is a hole in it then it will keep rising. The worst if so could be on its way slowly.

[NateFLA]

maybe someone with more knowledge about this stuff can comment, but if this is true could this be an early indication of a more severe levee failure. i hope the army corps of engineers/FEMA is on there Ps and Qs or this really could turn out to be a catastrophic event

There are some things no amount of money and no number of engineers can fix. If there is some sort of hidden or eschewed failure, there may be no fixing it. And even if they find the cause, the volume of the problem will be pretty hard to manage.

[Mello1]

Jeanne Meserve says 6 inches now downtown that weren't there this afternoon. More in outlying areas.

It could be water is flowing into the "bowl" from that big breach.

I don't think those pumps are up and running and there may be slow leaks in those levees....

[EverythingIsEverything]

that means if the water is raising, and people already on their roofs, time is running out for them. can't they do a coastguard night rescue????

[Mello1]

that means if the water is raising, and people already on their roofs, time is running out for them. can't they do a coastguard night rescue????

A reporter on CNN says that some rescue may be going on, but they can't see, and there are live power lines down under the water and that's very dangerous to the propellers on these power boats...

[jopatura]

Not sure if anyone has seen this.

From the AP, in a Yahoo! Article:

"In a particularly low-lying neighborhood on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, a levee along a canal gave way and forced dozens of residents to flee or scramble to the roofs when water rose to their gutters. Across the region, the fierce winds of Katrina blew out windows in hospitals, hotels and high-rises."

[Windy]

They're interviewing a lady now on CNN who just gave them an address of her trapped family who'd contacted her. She says they're up on the roof and that the family can see someone nearby clinging to the very top of a tree.